@CaspiLab

Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health. Tweets are my own.

 West Hartford, CT
Joined April 2018
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We're #hiring! 💻🍎 UConn and @MealsRI are looking for a full-time Research Program Coordinator to support the day-to-day operations of a research project focused on home-delivered meals. To learn more and apply, visit: s.uconn.edu/mowri
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Last week, many of our team members attended the @HEResearch Conference in Durham, North Carolina. We enjoyed getting to discuss the latest in food policy with fellow researchers and advocates! 🍎
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JUST IN: In a new @Health_Affairs Health Policy Brief released today, @CaspiLab of @UConnRuddCenter + coauthors examined the impacts and sustainability of #COVID19 pandemic-era nutrition assistance programs and policies. #FoodInsecurity

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Caitlin Caspi retweeted
New England Review@NERweb26 Apr 2022
Léopold Sédar Senghor's essay "Saint-John Perse, or Poetry of the Kingdom of Childhood," translated by Terry Eicher, appears in English for the first time in the pages of NER 43.1. Subscribe today to read this groundbreaking work in translation: nereview.com/subscribe/
This image is a photo of Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist Léopold Sédar Senghor.

ALT This image is a photo of Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist Léopold Sédar Senghor.

This image is a photo of French poet-diplomat Saint-John Perse.

ALT This image is a photo of French poet-diplomat Saint-John Perse.

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Still open for another two weeks!Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position in Allied Health Sciences at the UConn Waterbury campus academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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CWRU PRCHN@prchn17 Nov 2021
Registration is open for our December #PRCHNSeminar! Join us and Dr. Caitlin Caspi from the @UConnRuddCenter on Wednesday, December 8th. Find details and register at cwru.zoom.us/meeting/registe…
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Sara Nadel@nadelsara9 Sep 2021
I invite you to read my reflection on my unusual 9/11 experience. At the moment of the attacks, I was staring at anti-American graffiti in Chile's public university, "Yankee, get out!" it said. Chileans were rightfully angry. saranadel.medium.com/9-11-pi….
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🎙️@CaspiLab joined this week's episode of the @ConversationEDU Weekly podcast to discuss the racial disparities in US food insecurity rates: theconversation.com/the-raci… @UConnCAHNR @UConnRuddCenter

The racial hunger gap in American cities and what to do about it – podcast

Plus, the discovery of the first known burial in Africa. Listen to episode 16 of The Conversation Weekly.

theconversation.com
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Dr. Caitlin Caspi, @CaspiLab, Rudd Director of Food Security Initiatives, discusses #foodinsecurity and how it fits with other food access concepts such as hunger, food sovereignty, food justice, and food apartheid in this @ConversationUS piece. theconversation.com/what-is-…

What is food insecurity?

A food policy researcher helps make sense of the lexicon of US food policy terms, and explains how they relate to racial justice.

theconversation.com
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⁦⁦@ConversationUS⁩ is going to be digging in to the issue food insecurity in a series of articles. Keep a lookout! theconversation.com/what-is-…

What is food insecurity?

A food policy researcher helps make sense of the lexicon of US food policy terms, and explains how they relate to racial justice.

theconversation.com
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Memorials to George Floyd Fill The Boarded-Up Streets of Minneapolis workdayminnesota.org/memoria… via @workdaymn

Memorials to George Floyd Fill The Boarded-Up Streets of Minneapolis

Minneapolis is a very special city, however, and over the next few days, artists authorized and otherwise took to the streets to make lemonade out of lemons.

workdayminnesota.flywheelsites.com
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Boy you’d think a country that can equip every cop like a soldier could equip every doctor like a doctor
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Will Stancil@whstancil30 May 2020
What national media need to understand is that what happened in Minneapolis last night seems to be different from what happened in previous nights, and different from normal riots in other places. Stop trying to analyze it as rhetoric by the governor. Something new is happening.
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I'm reporting today on suspected outside groups or people from out of state fomenting unrest during #GeorgeFloyd protests in Minneapolis and St. Paul this week. If you have tips, video, images, etc., my DMs are open. Phone is 651-925-5048. Email: [email protected].
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SuperShelf is hiring a Research Project Coordinator! Seeking an enthusiastic, detail-oriented team member to keep us in line! Apply: lnkd.in/eSGxggP
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twin-cities.umn.edu/news-eve…

Study of deaths from resident-to-resident incidents in dementia offers insights to inform policy...

First analysis of fatalities in U.S. and Canada renews call for government to track, study and address phenomenon.

twin-cities.umn.edu
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HEAL_UMN@HEAL_umn1 Jun 2018
Health happens where we live, learn, work and play. @RWJF How can we help improve #health by making it easier for everyone to access and utilize parks and other public spaces? This @PH_Institute group presentation offers a innovative, #Integrated, approach.
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HEAL_UMN@HEAL_umn1 Jun 2018
Integration to build a #cultureofhealth equity for all extends well beyond healthy eating and activity. Our third group of newly minted #integraters is proposing an #integrated approach to tackling the #opioidepidemic among tribal communities within MN.
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Working the graveyard shift? Research from postdoctoral fellow Megan Winkler shows that people who work non-standard work schedules are at increased risk for poor sleep, depression, substance use, and other health problems z.umn.edu/3g58 #UMNResearch
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The WAGE$ study in the Science section of @startribune Minneapolis' minimum wage increase offers rare research opportunity strib.mn/2q74mIT
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